delegation

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Harry Summers, who’d won Bronze and Silver stars in that war as an operations officer, flew to Hanoi as chief of the U.S. delegation to resolve the status of missing American soldiers.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who led Tehran's delegation in Pakistan, said Tehran would "not bow to any threats", while navy chief Shahram Irani called Trump's blockade "ridiculous".

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

Iran's parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who led Iran's negotiating team, wrote that "the opposing side ultimately failed to gain the trust of the Iranian delegation in this round of negotiations".

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

Fred Fleitz, a senior National Security Council official during Trump’s first term, said the large delegation Iran sent to Islamabad showed a diplomatic solution can be achieved.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

In 1943, a delegation including Lembede, Mda, Sisulu, Tambo, Nkomo, and myself went to see Dr. Xuma, who was head of the ANC, at his rather grand house in Sophiatown.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela